Changes

Every year for twelve years, Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, who both always had at least one house of Congress controlled by Democrats, asked in their State of the Union addresses for Congress to create Enterprise Zones - special tax breaks for start-ups and businesses to relocate to blighted areas, predominantly black, inner-city urban areas - to create jobs and  deliver services. Democrats didn't want Republicans to be seen as helping blacks. However in President Clinton's first 100 days, with a Democrat House and Senate, Democrats finally delivered Enterprise Zones after making African Americans wait 12 years to finally participate in the prosperity of the 1980s. [[Bill Clinton]] attacked [[Nancy Reagan]]'s anti-drug "Just Say No" campaign as "twelve years of neglect" and ratcheted up deaths caused by illegal drug use from 10,000 per year to 70,000.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1996/06/clinton-s-drug-war.html</ref> The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] took control of both the House of Representatives and the United States Senate after the 1994 midterm election.  

Every year for twelve years, Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, who both always had at least one house of Congress controlled by Democrats, asked in their State of the Union addresses for Congress to create Enterprise Zones - special tax breaks for start-ups and businesses to relocate to blighted areas, predominantly black, inner-city urban areas - to create jobs and  deliver services. Democrats didn't want Republicans to be seen as helping blacks. However in President Clinton's first 100 days, with a Democrat House and Senate, Democrats finally delivered Enterprise Zones after making African Americans wait 12 years to finally participate in the prosperity of the 1980s. [[Bill Clinton]] attacked [[Nancy Reagan]]'s anti-drug "Just Say No" campaign as "twelve years of neglect" and ratcheted up deaths caused by illegal drug use from 10,000 per year to 70,000.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1996/06/clinton-s-drug-war.html</ref> The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] took control of both the House of Representatives and the United States Senate after the 1994 midterm election.  

Under the Clintons, more the 250,000 [[African American]]s were imprisoned in the [[United States]] than under President Reagan,<ref>http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp?ID=320</ref> a fact for which she takes credit for.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/</ref> Cumulatively since the Clinton's passed their crime bill, 2.5 million adult black males—more than 10% of the population—were incarcerated leaving untold damage on black families.<ref>http://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/incarceration_rates_growth_causes/</ref>

Under the Clintons, more the 250,000 [[African American]]s were imprisoned in the [[United States]] than under President Reagan,<ref>http://www.blackelectorate.com/articles.asp?ID=320</ref> a fact for which she takes credit for.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/</ref> Cumulatively since the Clinton's passed their crime bill, 2.5 million adult black males—more than 10% of the population—were incarcerated, splitting up black families.<ref>http://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/incarceration_rates_growth_causes/</ref>

When the [[Democratic Leadership Council]] (DLC) assumed leadership of the party and its direction. Some liberals and progressives felt alienated by the Democratic Party, which they felt had given in to capitalism and was unconcerned with left-wing issues in general. Some Democrats challenged the validity of such critiques, citing the Democratic role in pushing the gay and progressive agendas.  

When the [[Democratic Leadership Council]] (DLC) assumed leadership of the party and its direction. Some liberals and progressives felt alienated by the Democratic Party, which they felt had given in to capitalism and was unconcerned with left-wing issues in general. Some Democrats challenged the validity of such critiques, citing the Democratic role in pushing the gay and progressive agendas.